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Collegiate Church of Saint Waudru: Interior, sculpture and chapel
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Most of the sculpture comes from a loft in Renaissance style built between 1545 and 1549, and erected at the entrance to the choir. The structure of the rood screen was black marble and was decorated with bas-reliefs and statues in the round carved in alabaster by Du Broeucq. After the destruction of the rood screen in 1797 in the French Revolution, the vast majority of works of Du Broeucq were recovered and placed at different locations in the Collegiate Church.
Work stopped in 1621, without the church ever being completed. At the keystone, it reaches 24.5 meters in height. The choir is surrounded by an ambulatory and 15 chapels. The construction of a tower 190 meters high was originally intended; it was begun in 1548, but the work ceased in 1691 at roof height. The church is known for is 16th century stained glass and interior sculpture by Jacques Du Broeucq. It also houses a Gothic Revival (1887) reliquary of St. Waudru, and a Louis XVI style processional carriage (1779-1782), used to carry the reliquary in an annual procession.
https://curate.nd.edu/show/02870v85k6r
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Which One Is Better For You: Todoist Vs Microsoft To Do
To-do list apps are becoming a staple as everyone adjusts to a remote work environment. Task apps are popular because it's easy to forget things when juggling multiple projects with multiple clients.
Missed homework is often costly and costs you time and money. They are also indispensable for everyday personal tasks. For example, if you need reminders about renewing your license or completing a task, task management apps can notify you when the task is due.
However, the problem is that there are too many to-do list apps in the market. In this article, we help you tell the difference between two of the most popular: Todoista vs. Microsoft to do.
Features and Functions
Each app has its own set of features.
Microsoft To Do focuses on simplicity. After acquiring Wunderlist in 2015, Microsoft replaced it with Microsoft To Do. The plan was to create a more robust app with more functionality, but instead Microsoft created a simple app with only basic functionality.
On the other hand, Todoist offers a wider range of features ideal for business use.
Microsoft To Do and Todoist have similar interfaces with a left sidebar for switching between app sections and a right panel with a to-do list.
task lists
Microsoft To Do offers four types of list filters where you can filter your tasks by:
My day: This is a smart list where you can manually add the tasks you want to complete today. If you don't complete a task from this list on the same day, the task will be saved to your general task list at night when the list automatically resets. Incomplete tasks appear as a suggestion in the tasks section of My Day the Next Day.
Important: Important tasks (click the star next to a task title) appear here.
Intended: Any task with a due date or reminder appears in this section.
Assigned to me: When you're collaborating with teammates on a multitasking project, you'll see all the tasks assigned to you in this section.
Chores: it's here that Everybody your tasks appear.
You can also add new to-do lists to the left sidebar or create a group of to-do lists by clicking the icon at the bottom right of the sidebar. It's a pretty simple UI when you look at it:
Now let's compare that to how things work in Todoist.
With Todoist, you can do so much more.
Todoist's sidebar isn't divided into task filters like Microsoft To Do. Here's what you'll see in Todoist's sidebar:
Mailbox : All tasks created by you (not for a specific project) and assigned to you appear here.
This day: Tasks due today and overdue tasks appear here.
Next: You'll see a list of tasks by date here, and overdue tasks also appear at the top of this section.
Filters and labels: You can filter tasks based on parameters such as priority or tags. Unlike Microsoft To Do, Todoist has an entire section dedicated to filtering, which translates into ease of use by condensing several features right into the sidebar.
Projects: Tasks appear under their respective projects. You can also access archived projects. However, Microsoft doesn't allow you to archive projects (or to-do lists as it calls them). All to-do lists are permanently removed from To Do when you delete them.
Todoist has a richer feature set for to-do lists, but if you need something simpler, To Do makes more sense.
Create tasks
Both apps have standard task creation features. For example, both let you create subtasks and offer options to add a reminder, due date, and recipients.
However, there are also many differences:
subtasks: You can add subtasks in both apps. To Do refers to subtasks as "steps". The difference is that Todoist allows you to add subtasks within subtasks while To Do does not.
Departments: Todoist allows you to create sections within the same project, which means you can group tasks by specific criteria even within the same project. In Microsoft To do, you can only add individual tasks within a project.
Recall: Reminders are available in both apps when you create a task. However, only users with a Pro or Business subscription can access the Reminders feature in Todoist. there is no way to set reminders if you are on the free version.
Newspaper Expiry dates: To Do simplifies things by allowing you to define "recurring" tasks. However, Todoist goes one step further and uses natural language analysis to set recurring due dates. For example, when you create a task, try typing "Remind me to sign up for Nate every Monday" in the name field, and Todoist will automatically set recurring due dates for you.
Along with these differences, Todoist also offers additional features that you won't find in the To Do app:
Prioritization: The Todoist app lets you set priorities for each task, while there is no such option in To Do.
Comments and reactions: Todoist offers several collaborative features like comments and reactions. You can tag your teammates in the comments section to swap info or share updates.
Task activity: You can view an activity log for all tasks, allowing you to effectively monitor and audit workflow.
Task views
Task views are one of the essential features, especially for users who want to manage a complex workflow.
While task apps typically don't provide as many task views as project management apps, users expect at least one kanban board from task apps.
Unfortunately, Microsoft To Do doesn't offer any other view except the simple list. On the other hand, Todoist offers a list view and a table view.
You can use Todoist's Kanban board to look like a Kanban board-based project management app like Trello, where you create columns for each stage of your workflow and the cards move around as you go. complete each step.
various functions
We've covered just about everything Microsoft To Do has to offer. Unfortunately, To Do doesn't have any notable additional features (except for integrations). You do get some extra freebies with Todoist, though.
Karma points: The app gamifies its users' productivity with Karma. When you go to the Productivity section of Todoist, you'll see the option to create goals. You can set goals to create a specific number of daily or weekly tasks.
You earn karma points every time you complete a task and reach your goal. Learn how Karma Points work on the Todoist website.
Integrations: Integrations are one of Todoist's most powerful features. You can integrate Todoist with almost any app, including Gmail, Chrome, Google Calendar, Outlook, and Zapier. You can also integrate apps that are not listed with integrations like Apiway.
Even Microsoft To Do offers integrations for apps like Google Calendar and the Office 365 suite. The options are considerably less than Todoist, though. It's also worth noting that you can use a tool like Zapier to integrate To Do or Todoist with many other apps.
Alert style: You can customize how you want to be notified of Todoist alerts for each activity. For example, if you're the manager, you might not want to receive email notifications every time a collaborator joins or leaves a project, but you might prefer to be notified when a task is completed.
Models: You can quickly create projects by importing a ready-made template from Todoist's template library. From personal projects to employee onboarding, you'll find a template for just about any project you can think of in the library.
Automatic backups: Automatic backups are not available on the free plan. You can back up all your data to the cloud if you have a paid plan.
None of the features listed in this section are available in Microsoft To Do, which makes Todoist more suitable for heavy users like businesses.
Microsoft To Do and Todoist are cross-platform apps, but Todoist works on more devices than To Do.
You can use To Do on Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and the web. Todoist is available on all platforms including Linux, Wear OS, and Apple Watch.
In addition to the mobile app, you can add the Todoist widget to your iPhone, iPad, or Android device.
Todoist also lets you create tasks directly from emails through its Gmail plugin, Gmail extension, and Outlook plugin. You can also use Todoist from your browser: it has extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
Microsoft To Do is completely free. Todoist has a free plan but locks some of its features behind its Pro and Business plans. The free plan only allows up to 5 active projects, 5 collaborators per project, file uploads up to 5MB, 3 filters, and 1 week of activity history.
The free version works well for personal use, but business users will almost certainly want to get one of the paid plans.
Todoist's Pro plan costs $4 per month, while the Business plan costs $6 per month, as long as you pay for the entire year.
Both applications have their use cases.
Microsoft To Do is great if you just want to use the GTD (Getting Things Done) approach to personal tasks. You don't need Todoist's long list of features to make your shopping list more complex than it should be.
If you're looking for more than just the ability to create and complete tasks, like collaborating on tasks by tagging your teammates or integrating with other business apps, you might want to consider Todoist.
It's a perfect option when you don't want a full-featured project management app like Asana. Just something powerful enough to handle business tasks and collaboration.
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November 8, 2013 Cloncannon Biofarmactivities, Cloncannon Biofarm, Fun, Health, Logo, Nature, North Tipperary, SustainableSean
You are probably well aware that it was the shamrock which was used by St.Patrick to illustrate the trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as he set about introducing the Christian doctrine into Ireland. At Cloncannon Biofarm we decided to go for an emblem that has a very strong significance for Organic farming, and that is the three leafed Clover. We too have a trinity that we need to convey a message about. The three leaves reflect the guiding principles of Cloncannon Biofarm, they are, health, nature and the future.
#.1 HEALTH
Health in this instance refers to healthy soil, plants and animals including humans. Soil is made from three key components, physical, chemical and biological. The initial stage involves the weathering of rock by chemical reaction caused by rainfall erosion and freeze, thaw actions over time. Water, air and humus combine with this mineral element to provide a suitable habitat for the biological component of earthworms, mites, insects, bacteria, fungi and plants. When these elements are present in correct proportions the physical component or soil structure will be optimum for plant growth. A healthy soil will have about 25% air and about 25% water. The decomposed animal and plant material in the soil (the organic matter/humus) is the food source for the microbes and once they digest this it becomes part of the nutrient source for the plants. The plants are miniature factories which harness the suns' energy through photosynthesis and using the minerals extracted from the soil to create sugars so that it can produce plant tissue and also send some 'thank you' sugars down to the microbes in the soil.
The acidity or alkalinity (the pH) of the soil will determine the microbial activity, earthworm activity, structure and chemical reactions that take place and therefore the major and minor minerals available to the plant and it follows also to the animals or humans. Aside from the major elements of nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, calcium, magnesium, and sulphur, the plant usually needs about 64 minor nutrients. There is a saying or well know statement "We are what we eat", and for this reason I think that most organic farmers are committed to building soil health. You can learn a lot more about this process when you visit Cloncannon Biofarm.
#.2 NATURE
The Nature element of Our Logo embraces not just the millions of wonderful creatures to be found on Cloncannon Biofarm but the interactions and relationships between these and also the exchanges between the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere. We encourage visitors to use their five senses when they are on one of the tours of the farm, so that they can have a greater appreciation of the beauty and the wonder and awe of Natures' systems, cycles and relationships. But with our vision we cannot see all that is happening, for example, the soil food web continuously changing matter to energy and recycling nutrients or the trees taking in the carbon dioxide and giving us oxygen. We take for granted the many services that Nature provides to us each moment of the day and in most of our actions to make a living. We can learn so much from Natures' way of interconnection, co-operation and no waste systems. Care of the Earth and connecting to our partners in existence forms a considerable part of the learning experience at Cloncannon Biofarm.
#.3 THE FUTURE
Why is the 'Future' the third part of this trinity. As with all creatures in Nature we humans aim to reproduce and allow the species to progress into the future. But maybe it is time for us to ask, "How are we doing"? Even to ask, "What is our Quality of Life"? What provisions are we making for future generations? When we do a tour on the farm we can visualise the past as we investigate the Ringfort, Old Stone Dwelling and the Old Creamery. We can try to imagine the lifestyles and traditions. We may start a debate on 'Change' over time, changes for better and/or worse. Then we consider where we are at in terms of using the earth resources of air, water, soil, fish and the many services provided by Nature/Biodiversity. Now is a good time to introduce into the debate our 'needs and wants' and to consider the global impacts with a fast increasing world population.
But maybe we do not need to find a complex solution but to look at how Nature has succeeded over millennia to evolve and adapt. Maybe we can also learn quite a lot from the generations gone before us. The Celts had a strong connection with the earth and respected it bounty of food, resources and beauty. A native American people called the Iroquois had a philosophy of planning for the seventh generation into the future. This seems like a very selfless and caring strategy, but I might add that these people had a deep respect for Nature and creatures that they shared the land with. Maybe we can achieve great strides towards sustainability by connecting to Nature.
When you visit the farm you can pick your own clover plant and hopefully bring home the message entailed within. We welcome all comments. Look forward to hearing from you.
Sean O' Farrell Msc. Bioidiversity and Conservation
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At $36,750, is this beautiful beige brick a breakout Volvo?
There's a short-lived sitcom called Woops! in which the main character lives through a nuclear holocaust and has to settle into a post-apocalypse existence. "How did you survive the missiles?" someone asks. His reply: "I was in a Volvo." That show ran back in 1992, when Volvo was still pumping 240s out of its plant in Torslanda, Sweden, so even 30 years ago it was common knowledge that these were bulletproof cars built to last.
And since Volvo built well over 2 million 200-series cars, many are still on the road doing grocery store duty. They've never been rare. They've generally been affordable, too, with prices rarely straying far from the $5000 mark. But today even the newest 200-series Volvos qualify for historic plates and really nice ones are getting harder to find. Is it time to start viewing them as collector cars, or at least as classics? With an exceptionally clean one sold this week for an astounding $36,750 on Bring a Trailer and buyer interest on the rise (particularly among the market's youngest buyers), maybe it is. But not for the usual reasons a car becomes collectible.
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Although it may not have starred in many chase scenes or featured on many bedroom posters, the 240 made Volvo's reputation for durability with cheeky advertisements and a product that both ran like a top and was one of the safest thing on four wheels. Designer Jan Wilgaard's famous "brick" shape is bland and functional but also instantly recognizable—even a bit beautiful in that minimalist, Scandinavian kind of way. While not a sexy car, it's reliable, a bit eccentric, and completely unpretentious. All part of the charm.
Back before crossovers ruled the roads, Volvos (especially wagons) were also a family-car favorite. Plenty of car guys of a certain age (author included) fondly remember the soccer practice runs in the back of a five-door 240. And as we all know, nostalgia is a powerful force when it comes to old cars.
Which brings us to our Sale of The Week. The beige-over-brown brick that had us spitting out our coffee this week is a 240 DL from 1987, fairly late in the 200-series' 1974 to 1993 production run. It's equipped with a four-speed automatic (a five-speed manual was available and typically commands a premium), and under the hood is the understressed and unburstable lump that is Volvo's B230 four-cylinder. Nothing too crazy about the specs, then. What makes this car special is the condition.
Sold new in Oregon, it shows just 60,458 miles, which are represented as actual. While a Ferrari owner might start to sweat at such an odometer reading, 60K on this car is unicorn-level low. You can still advertise a 240 with under 200K as "low miles," and even a 240 with 100,000 miles is "barely broken in." Volvo owners just love to make that joke.
Just as impressive as the mileage is the car's clean original paint, complemented by an equally clean engine bay and undercarriage. It has some minor nicks and scuffs, but show me a 60,000-mile car that doesn't. Then there's the interior. The heated seats still work, as does the factory radio, and the plastic trim is almost all excellent. Cracked dashboard tops are almost universal on Volvos of this era, but there's not a fissure to be found on this one. The selling dealer, who found the car earlier this year, also recently did the timing belt, some brake work, and a taillight wiring harness. The tires have 2021 date codes, and are wrapped around the original hub caps.
Since bidding quickly shot up to 20 grand with several days to go, we knew this was going to be a pricey car right away. But at $36,750, this Volvo is the most expensive 240 we've seen. It sold for about twice its condition #1 (Concours, or best-in-the-world) value in the Hagerty Price Guide and nearly two-and-a-half times its original MSRP (not adjusted for inflation). When we chatted with the seller (who uses proceeds from his sales to fund clean and sober housing, by the way), he wasn't surprised that it blew past 30 grand, and credited both the low miles and the famous Bring a Trailer premium for this result. No stranger to clean Volvos, he has also sold a five-speed 240 sedan for $16,275 and a four-speed 242 Turbo for $17,850 on the same online platform.
Yes, $36,750 is a ton of money, and gone are the days when any boxy Volvo was cheap, four-figure wheels. But one sale doesn't make the market. Scruffier 240s are still all over Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace with four-figure asking prices, and even with all the craziness in the car market over the course of 2021, and average insurance quote value for a Volvo 240 in Hagerty's insurance data was still just $5000. Relax, religiously frugal Volvo lovers: $30,000 wagons are not the new normal.
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Eric Bagdikian says:
Oh, the iron-y! My parents had a 76 240 DL wagon when I was in college. In my part of the country, the 240 DL was the flagship of well-to-do primarily liberals, which my parents were. As I remember it, Volvo's marketing and advertising centered around safety and durability. I look at Subarus today as the Volvos of the 70 and 80s'. For a car guy, I thought that the 240DL was slow as turd, had the aerodynamics of a cinder block, and was about as exciting to drive as a Prius. I was behind one the other day with 'Mother Earth' and Coexist' stickers on it. The smell of the pollution leaving the exhaust would gag Joan Claybrook! And, by the way, if you hadn't guessed, I did not share my parents' socio-political beliefs.
Keith Davis says:
Wow! Makes me wonder what my immaculate 1988 Volvo Bertone 780 w/ the detuned Renault/Peugeot V6 race engine might be worth? 106K miles. It sits in the garage except for a monthly run – unless it's wet outside. How can I find out? Not that I want to sell it just yet but I never see any for sale and almost sold it last summer for $10K. It must be worth considerably more since there were only 8500 units built and most sold in Europe. I belong to the Deutschland 780 club where I purchase rare parts like the fuel pump relay.
David Holzman says:
Today's Subarus are a mess of dissonant lines. The Brick style Volvos are exactly what they look like: highly durable workhorses. They're clean, and they look good–though some models, like the 940–look better and cleaner than others. It may be a while before they break $30k again, but I can certainly see them going in that direction.
Coop says:
The "240 made Volvo's reputation for durability"? It continued it and solidified an existing reputation. Me? I was partial to my 1970 142. My brother-in-law to his 120's. But I do credit my mother's mid 70's 244 which took a direct hit in the driver's door from a car speeding out of a parking garage exit in dwntwn Philly. The cops were impressed she was uninjured, and told her something like "lucky you were driving a Volvo".
Andrew Newton says:
wdb I agree that wagons in general are in high demand, and as they become all but extinct in the new car market, nostalgia for the old ones has room to grow.
Tinge of Ginge says:
This makes 0 sense. Maybe if it was a manual. MAYBE. I have to wonder who's paying 5-figure prices for cars like this (insert any speculative collector car here)
Barry Boyle says:
Hey Andrew, just read your article on the $36k volvo 240 wagon. I have a 1987 Volvo wagon same color exterior and interior. I have 470,000 miles on original engine and transmission. Would it be possible to find out who the new owner is or can you send him my contact information. I would love to talk with him. Thanks
Sam Julier says:
A 1993 245 wagon with 43,000 miles sold on BaT this year for $42,245.


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Video – Wave of child arrests intensifies in Hebron
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21th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine
On the evening of Sunday, July 14, in the old city of Hebron two Palestinian children named Mohammed and Ahmed, both aged 13 years old, were arrested. Though joining a wave of child arrests in Hebron during the last weeks, the arrests of the two boys stand out because of the massive number of soldiers and police actively participating.
5-year-old Wadia arrested with his father, also blindfolded, by Israeli focers in Hebron (Photo by ISM)
The first boy, 13 year old Mohammed, was taken from his family home in the Israeli controlled H2 area of Hebron, home to 31,000 Palestinian people and approximately 500 illegal Israeli settlers. Allegedly the arrest was made because Mohammed threw a stone at Israeli soldiers patrolling the streets, though no evidence of this has been made public to international observers who witnessed soldiers invading Mohammed's home and leading him away to Beit Romano Military base. The second boy, named Ahmed and also 13 years old, was taken from one of Hebron's market streets, situated in H1, an area that is supposed to be controlled fully by Palestinian police forces. Sidestepping this agreement, the soldiers invaded H1, grabbed Ahmed and brought him with them back into H2, claiming he had thrown a tomato at a nearby settlement.
Both individual arrests were carried out by more than five Israeli soldiers, but as events rolled the number progressed to more than 30 heavily armed members of the occupying forces. The arrest of Ahmed led to outcries in the market, with Ahmed's mother demanding the soldiers on the wall separating the two areas to give back her son. The soldiers responded by sending more than 30 soldiers to the wall, bringing with them both live ammunition and several teargas grenades, threatening to shoot these into the mass of assembled people gathered on the other side of the wall. The situation escalated as armed settlers joined the soldiers, harassing international observers.
Finally, an hour later, a visibly shaken Ahmed was taken through the mass of settlers and military personnel and released back into H1 to his waiting family. Mohammed had to endure further dehumanizing punishment as he was taken to the Police station outside Ibrihimi Mosque. This was where an Israeli police officer lied to internationals present, stating the boy would be released and that those present could "trust him"; in fact Mohammed was transferred to Qiryat Arba police station and held until his family could make their way there to pay a fine of 500 NIS for his release.
The city of Hebron has experienced a wave of child arrests during the last weeks, often violating Israeli military law stating that children under the age of 12 cannot be arrested, as in the case of 5-year-old Wadia[i]. Though both Ahmed and Mohammed are 13, Palestinians complain that this law, giving Israeli occupation forces the right to arrest children from the age of 12, is only ever enforced for their children and not for settler children. On Sunday night in Hebron this proved true, as settler children attacked internationals by throwing a stone on the scene before the eyes of Israeli soldiers without consequences.
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In a post-season finale interview with Entertainment Weekly, Parks and Recreation creator Ken Tremendous, er, Michael Schur said a sixth season of NBC's best sitcom is "likely."
"While there's no official word from NBC, signs and buzz point to a return visit to Pawnee. "I've been cautiously optimistic for five straight years, that's not going to change," says Schur. "I fully believe that we will be back next year, but until they actually make that phone call, I never like to say it's a sure thing."
There are a plethora of reasons why Parks not returning would be terrible — many of which involve waffles and mouse rats — but the biggest is: there's a new Swanson on the way. Now, I'm not going to refer to NBC baby killers, but…well, just renew the damn show, already. Until the official announcement comes, though, let's take a look at some of the proud soon-to-be papa's finest, most enlightening moments from season five.


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Today I Will Listen To An Eagles Album
It's been de rigueur to hate the Eagles for as long as I can remember. Certainly since the Dude righteously declared "I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man," back in The Big Lebowski, right up through The Good Place's depiction of the Medium Place -- the limbo of "eternal mediocrity" between heaven and hell -- as having a jukebox programmed to play nothing but live versions of Eagles songs.
When I was first discovering pop radio as a pre-teen back in the mid-70s, the Eagles were already a radio mainstay, songs like "One of These Nights" and "Hotel California" and "New Kid In Town" largely inescapable. So by the time I became a middle school classic rock addict, trying to get my arms around every LP I could find, trying out an Eagles album was inevitable. In late '79, as I was starting 8th grade, they released The Long Run, which would turn out to be their final (pre-reunion) album, and it immediately saturated the airwaves. So I borrowed a copy from the library and...
Bleh.
It wasn't so much that it was terrible. It was just... uninteresting. (Ok, some of it was terrible.) And thus ended my flirtation with the Eagles.
But sitting here today, 40 years later, can I objectively assess this album, free of the pop culture baggage that haunts the band? Let's cue it up:
"The Long Run": Ok, the title track is... fine. It's not a bad song. But it does perfectly encapsulate the band's inherent blandness; at no point do I feel compelled to tap my feet or sing along, it just kinda sits there. Still, if this were more characteristic of the album, I don't know that the Dude's proclamation would really be warranted.
"I Can't Tell You Why": Damn this song is dull. Yes, it's pretty. And I suppose there is some lingering affection because it was the song they'd pull out for the snowball slow-dance at every Bar Mitzvah I went to back in '79. But unless you're a pair of 13-year-olds making out, there is no way to endure this seemingly endless slog.
"In The City": This is the one great song on the album, largely because it's not an Eagles song at all. It's Joe Walsh, first recorded as a solo track and included in The Warriors, making it awesome in multiple ways. The Eagles' version is a little more polished but largely left alone and thus it retains its greatness. But Walsh should have saved it for a solo album rather than giving it to the band.
"The Disco Strangler": I don't know if this was the band's attempt at incorporating punk/new wave into their sound, but it's basically a guitar riff repeated a million times with Henley ranting over the top of it. It's truly an agonizing listen.
"King of Hollywood": Makes "I Can't Tell You Why" feel like a killer rock song. It may be possible to write a more boring song, but it's tough to imagine. I can't get through more than thirty seconds of this.
"Heartache Tonight": Side two of the vinyl LP kicks off with the counterpart to the title track. For an upbeat song you might hear someone play on the jukebox at the local bar, it's fine. Not something I'd ever choose to play, but it's... again, fine.
"Those Shoes": A weird, dark groove over a talk-box guitar. Now, I'd had all the talk-box guitar I could possibly ever want back when Frampton Comes Alive dominated the radio, and would have been perfectly fine never hearing one again. The riff is actually kinda cool -- hey, the Beastie Boys sampled it for "High Plains Drifter" -- so on that basis I can't say the song sucks. But again, why does everything the Eagles play end up sounding so dull? This could have been made more interesting (see, e.g., the Beastie Boys).
"Teenage Jail": What the fuck is this mess?
"The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks": This, along with "In The City," was the only song I liked when I was 13. As a fraternity party song it's actually pretty fun. (I'd file it alongside the band's earlier "James Dean," another upbeat pop tune which may be banal but is much more tolerable than their more earnest stuff.)
"The Sad Cafe": The album closes with another one that, like "I Can't Tell You Why" and "King of Hollywood," seems to last for hours without going anywhere. About a minute into it and I'm flipping back to hear "Greeks" again, but it turns out that song's only fun about once every 40 years.
Ok. I've done my penance.
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JohnDouglas 4 March 2020 at 17:14
Humanfund here.
Excellent premise for this review. Definitely one of most uncool bands around whilst growing up with postpunk and indie.
Still, I'd take the title track (or Hotel California or One of These Nights) over Josie and the Pussycats or Katrina and the Waves!
Jittery White Guy 5 March 2020 at 08:36
Ha! I get your antipathy towards that Josie album, but Katrina? Kimberley Rew is a pop god, and I love that stuff (at least the early indie albums before they got all shiny and polished).
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Why There's No Bar Like Dorrian's
An ode to the Upper East Side institution where everyone (who's anyone) knows your name.
By Sam Dangremond and Micaela English Published: Apr 20, 2015
Today in Page Six, it was reported that Gwyneth Paltrow recently returned to her old stomping grounds of the Upper East Side for a reunion at Spence, her alma mater.
The illustrious New York Post gossip column reported that, while in the neighborhood, Paltrow stopped into Dorrian's Red Hand, where she was spotted "'drinking Coors Light,' and even imbibed a 'Fireball shot.'"
We've been fans of the bar, which opened in 1959 and is commonly regarded as a preppy institution, for some time. Here, a few reasons why we think it's such a special place.
1. "Jamie, it's been AGES!" You're bound to run into at least three people there whom you know from different stages of your life. Elementary school. Boarding school. College. Internships. You name it!
2. Decor. The iconic red and white checkered tablecloths. And if you actually go during the day, you'll notice the bar is actually beautifully made. It's a classic.
3. Celebrities love it. You will often find members of the New York Yankees, Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, Lindsay Lohan (when she was cool), and more.
4. There are regulars. Some of the regulars are wonderful, some are unique (aka. you know to avoid them). Each brings their own flavor.
4. Fun fact: "Dorrian's Red Hand takes its name from the red hand on the flag of Northern Ireland," according to New York magazine, which declared it one of the city's best sports bars.
5. Bubbling over. You probably never noticed, but there are bottles of champagne in the refrigerator. You can order it if you're so inclined.
6. There's a dress code: "It's not tuxedos but it's not tank tops," owner Jack Dorrian told the New York Observer.
7. That being said... every attractive young New Yorker knows tuxedos and ball gowns are not out of place there, especially when the crowd from a nearby event such as the Met's Apollo Circle Gala stops by for an after party.
8. Everyone knows your name. The bartenders and staff are legitimately like family. We love you guys!
9. There's a spot for every mood you're in. When you want to dance it out, the back bar is the place to be. If you're looking for a Motown/classic rock sing-a-long, stay in the front.
10. Ray. Need we say more?
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12. You can wear your loudest Lilly Pulitzer or Nantucket reds, and no one bats an eyelash. The crowd's motto is "the preppier, the better."
13. It's rumored that.... if you meet your spouse at Dorrian's, we'll look at your T&C online wedding submission a little closer.
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Turkey Twinning Project
The Estonian-Finnish cooperation project began in September 2019. The aim was to develop the skills and knowledge of the prison officers of Turkish detention institutions to meet the international standards. The College of Justice was included in the given Twinning project thanks to earlier successful cooperation with Finnish partner organisations.
In order to give an overview of the complexity and scale of the project, here is some comparative data. Namely, there are three prisons in Estonia with almost 2200 inmates and about 1100 employees. In Turkey, however, there are 319 prisons accommodating almost 285,000 inmates and employing 67,000 people. There are altogether 5 training centres for educating prison officers providing 134 different trainings in a year. Quite a challenge, isn't it?
The challenge ended this year in March with the completion of the last activities of our project. So, a highly exciting period in the life of all the participants came to an end. Let's listen to our experts and see what they valued most about the experience.
Ülle, a senior lecturer of the Department of Public Order of the Police and Border Guard College, said that she feels very proud that a large country with a population of 80 million wished the support and advice of tiny Estonia in developing their curricula. She could see and experience a completely different but also very dignified culture. People, in her opinion, were all friendly and kind. She couldn't help feeling, though, that they could have done something even more and better. The face-to-face meetings allowed to do the "work" that could not be done with online meetings. In Ülle's experience, terrible "machine translation" can do a lot of harm. She also finds that teaching others allows us to get new knowledge about curriculum development and this is exactly what she is planning to use also in her own work. The training materials and guidebook compiled by her can be very well used also in other similar international projects that she would be happy to participate in.
Looking back at the Turkish project, the leading specialist of degree studies of the College of Justice Kadri is primarily reminded of the idea that learning takes place through experience on many different levels. At first, she felt a little insecure but it was time to put her knowledge into practice. The only thing that could have prepared her better for the project is the self-same project! According to Kadri, you can never be 100% ready for such a project. Some variables will always be different and everything will be and can be clear only at the end of the process. Thanks to the project, she acquired a lot of new knowledge herself. As most of the employees of the College of Justice were involved in the project, she also got a better overview of her colleagues' superpowers. She saw their various skills and knowledge that do not necessarily become evident in their daily work. This has only spurred new ideas for the future, Kadri says. All in all, she would like to say that such international projects are definitely needed in order to develop yourself and understand the true value of your colleagues.
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USA Powerlifting Federation Prepares To Defend Transgender Athlete Policy In Court
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Rachel Stoltzfoos Staff Reporter
USA Powerlifting is facing a discrimination complaint in Minnesota over its transgender athlete policy after it said JayCee Cooper, a biological man, couldn't compete in women's events. The federation's president told The Daily Caller it's prepared to go to court to keep the policy in place, and framed the policy as protecting the federal rights of women.
"At some point, we are going to have to defend the biology and stand on women being a protected class, and it might as well start in Minnesota," Larry Maile, USA Powerlifting president, told the Caller. The policy is not new, but the federation commissioned a group of experts to find out if it's backed by science earlier this year, after the dispute with Cooper thrust them into the media spotlight late last year. The results were clear: It's unfair to allow biological men to compete with women.
A Minnesota legal nonprofit, Gender Justice, filed the complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights last week on behalf of Cooper, asserting the policy illegally discriminates against people on the basis of gender identity. Sexual orientation is a protected class in Minnesota. (RELATED: The Real Story Behind USA Powerlifting's Transgender Athlete Policy)
"Like other athletes, [Cooper] worked to ensure that she met the stated policies for competition, and went above and beyond by addressing any potential questions about her gender identity, only to have USA Powerlifting respond with a new, retroactive blanket ban on transgender athletes," Gender Justice said in a statement announcing the filing.
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The policy was not public prior to the dispute with Cooper. But USA Powerlifting says it has turned five people away for transition-related reasons since 2015, when the International Olympic Committee released guidelines on transgender athletes. Maile also took issue with the characterization of the policy as a "blanket ban" and accused the group of using "propaganda language" by framing the complaint as a "charge" against the federation.
"Gender Justice says we have been charged," he said. "That is propaganda language. You are charged in a criminal complaint. Not only is that not the case, but they have filed a complaint with the human rights commission, and we get to answer it. If the commission rushes to judgment, we will litigate it for denial of due process."
The federation allows transgender athletes to compete with their biological sex under the policy, so long as they do not use testosterone. Biological men cannot compete with women under any circumstances, and biological women who use testosterone cannot compete with men or women, because the federation is premised on drug-free competition. (RELATED: Liberals Abandon Science In Transgender Athlete Debate)
"To allow those born and who went through puberty as males to compete as females would be inherently discriminatory against a federally protected class: women," Maile said in a prepared statement obtained by the Caller. "Further, allowing transgender males to use androgens when no other category of athlete is allowed them represents and unfair advantage of these individuals over those born as men and who are not allowed such use."
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The federation addressed the question of discrimination earlier this year on its website, saying the transgender policy is not rooted in hate, but in a desire for fair play that makes some form of discrimination necessary to any sport. The full paragraph reads:
Why are you discriminatory towards transgender athletes?
A – While the term discrimination is used to catch the attention of the public, it is most often misused. We are a sports organization with rules and policies. They apply to everyone to provide a level playing field. We have restriction such as age eligibility, who can compete as at our national events and so on. No, you are not discriminated against because you are a 40-year-old college student that is not allowed to compete at Collegiate Nationals. No, we are not discriminating against your 7-year-old daughter by not letting her compete. It is simply the rules of this sport that all must be follow if we are to be fair playing field. Another example, males are not allowed to use testosterone and to do so provides him an advantage. A master aged male cannot raise his natural testosterone level. Physicians frequently prescribe levels of androgens that are consistent with much younger men than the age of the patient. USA Powerlifting is not discriminating against master lifters who use testosterone for medical reasons. They may just not compete on our platform based on the drug testing policy.
Cooper moved to change the policy at the federation's annual meeting in May, where the panel also presented its findings on the science of allowing biological men to compete with women in powerlifting. The voting members overwhelmingly rejected Cooper's proposal in a 54-6 vote. (RELATED: Media Reports On Transgender Athletes All Seem To Be Missing One Thing)
Transgender activists have bullied, threatened and harassed executive members of the federation, and in some cases those who are not openly supportive of Cooper's cause, according to Maile. Cooper has been the subject of several glowing media profiles in which the policy is cast as an attempt to "erase" transgender people. "It's not fair to genetically eliminate an entire group of people," Cooper told NBC News in April.
Cooper reiterated that sentiment in a statement on the discrimination complaint. "At some point you have to say enough is enough. Trans rights are human rights. … USA Powerlifting's blanket ban violates not just the law, but the very spirit of sports."
Maile told the Caller the federation has not been notified by the state of the complaint, but is prepared to "vigorously" defend its policies. In the prepared statement, the federation said it speaks to a larger issue of the appropriate role of government.
"The question of whether a governmental entity may dictate an inherently unfair and discriminatory practice, ignoring the evidence that to do so will damage a specific group, or several groups of athletes is a larger issue," the statement said. "It goes to the heart of whether it is appropriate for government to intrude on the practices and rules of a private entity acting to protect fair play, in recognizing scientific evidence about the factors involved."
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About Intelection
Intelection is a responsive, mobile-first political software solution based on Google Maps. This door-to-door visualization software was designed with campaigns in mind so that decision-makers can effectively deploy campaign resources.
Mobile-First Canvassing
Intelection marries voter profile and geolocation data. The user can move around the map and change voter criteria in real time, and the user's choices are reflected as pins on households containing registered voters. The user's choices are also summarized as statistical information about the households in the map view. When you click on a pin, which is colored red, blue, or green based on the residents' historical voting tendencies, you see their voting history, age, address, and other individualized information. A geolocation-aware mobile version directs canvassing and reporting on a house-by-house level. Campaign managers can target individuals who match detailed demographic profiles in an intuitive and efficient way.
Instant Canvassing Results
Here's a couple of screenshots showing all the voters who signed a petition in a drive in southwest Arkansas:
The Intelection software is the result of several years' worth of planning and thought on how to make the use of geolocation data easy and effective. It began with the creation of a map to disprove a defense theory of a failure to penetrate product markets in specific states during a federal trademark infringement case. The map was created by placing a pin on each town appearing in the cellular telephone records of the perpetrator of a bait-and-switch scheme. A screenshot showed that the defendant had penetrated nearly the entire country, particularly the southeast (click to enlarge):
Later, the same tools I developed in the trademark case were adapted to assist in a Court of Appeals race for the wife of my then-boss. This version was a proof-of-concept design that married voter profile data with geolocation information. At that stage, the purpose of the mapping feature was primarily to identify geographic areas with the greatest density of registered voters meeting criteria specified by the campaign manager. For instance, the map below shows the 35 or so areas of highest population density in Benton County, Arkansas (click to enlarge):
The problem with this solution was that every time the campaign wanted to change the metrics that defined which voters were counted in the density plot, I had to manually write a new query, execute scripts, collate the information, and report the results. Not the most efficient way to spend this attorney's time, but I didn't have time to put together a slick interface.
Once I could sit down with the knowledge I had acquired without the urgency of a campaign, I decided to put together an interface that would take my involvement out of the equation. Intelection blossomed into the result of that effort.


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Local isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces and evolution equations
Nabil Kahouadji*, Niky Kamran, Keti Tenenblat
The class of differential equations describing pseudo-spherical surfaces, first introduced by Chern and Tenenblat (Stud. Appl. Math. 74, 55-83, 1986), is characterized by the property that to each solution of a differential equation within the class, there corresponds a two-dimensional Riemannian metric of curvature equal to -1. The class of differential equations describing pseudo-spherical surfaces carries close ties to the property of complete integrability, as manifested by the existence of infinite hierarchies of conservation laws and associated linear problems. As such, it contains many important known examples of integrable equations, like the sine-Gordon, Liouville and KdV equations. It also gives rise to many new families of integrable equations. The question we address in this paper concerns the local isometric immersion of pseudo-spherical surfaces in E3 from the perspective of the differential equations that give rise to the metrics. Indeed, a classical theorem in the differential geometry of surfaces states that any pseudo-spherical surface can be locally isometrically immersed in E3. In the case of the sine-Gordon equation, one can derive an expression for the second fundamental form of the immersion that depends only on a jet of finite order of the solution of the pde. A natural question is to know if this remarkable property extends to equations other than the sine-Gordon equation within the class of differential equations describing pseudospherical surfaces. In an earlier paper (Kahouadji et al., Second-order equations and local isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces, 25 pp. [arXiv:1308.6545], to appear in Comm. Analysis and Geometry (2015), we have shown that this property fails to hold for all other second order equations, except for those belonging to a very special class of evolution equations. In the present paper, we consider a class of evolution equations for u(x,t) of order k ≥ 3 describing pseudo-spherical surfaces. We show that whenever an isometric immersion in E3 exists, depending on a jet of finite order of u, then the coefficients of the second fundamental form are universal, that is they are functions of the independent variables x and t only.
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Kahouadji, N., Kamran, N., & Tenenblat, K. (2015). Local isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces and evolution equations. In Hamiltonian Partial Differential Equations and Applications (Vol. 75, pp. 369-381). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2950-4_13
Kahouadji, Nabil ; Kamran, Niky ; Tenenblat, Keti. / Local isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces and evolution equations. Hamiltonian Partial Differential Equations and Applications. Vol. 75 Springer New York, 2015. pp. 369-381
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N2 - The class of differential equations describing pseudo-spherical surfaces, first introduced by Chern and Tenenblat (Stud. Appl. Math. 74, 55-83, 1986), is characterized by the property that to each solution of a differential equation within the class, there corresponds a two-dimensional Riemannian metric of curvature equal to -1. The class of differential equations describing pseudo-spherical surfaces carries close ties to the property of complete integrability, as manifested by the existence of infinite hierarchies of conservation laws and associated linear problems. As such, it contains many important known examples of integrable equations, like the sine-Gordon, Liouville and KdV equations. It also gives rise to many new families of integrable equations. The question we address in this paper concerns the local isometric immersion of pseudo-spherical surfaces in E3 from the perspective of the differential equations that give rise to the metrics. Indeed, a classical theorem in the differential geometry of surfaces states that any pseudo-spherical surface can be locally isometrically immersed in E3. In the case of the sine-Gordon equation, one can derive an expression for the second fundamental form of the immersion that depends only on a jet of finite order of the solution of the pde. A natural question is to know if this remarkable property extends to equations other than the sine-Gordon equation within the class of differential equations describing pseudospherical surfaces. In an earlier paper (Kahouadji et al., Second-order equations and local isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces, 25 pp. [arXiv:1308.6545], to appear in Comm. Analysis and Geometry (2015), we have shown that this property fails to hold for all other second order equations, except for those belonging to a very special class of evolution equations. In the present paper, we consider a class of evolution equations for u(x,t) of order k ≥ 3 describing pseudo-spherical surfaces. We show that whenever an isometric immersion in E3 exists, depending on a jet of finite order of u, then the coefficients of the second fundamental form are universal, that is they are functions of the independent variables x and t only.
AB - The class of differential equations describing pseudo-spherical surfaces, first introduced by Chern and Tenenblat (Stud. Appl. Math. 74, 55-83, 1986), is characterized by the property that to each solution of a differential equation within the class, there corresponds a two-dimensional Riemannian metric of curvature equal to -1. The class of differential equations describing pseudo-spherical surfaces carries close ties to the property of complete integrability, as manifested by the existence of infinite hierarchies of conservation laws and associated linear problems. As such, it contains many important known examples of integrable equations, like the sine-Gordon, Liouville and KdV equations. It also gives rise to many new families of integrable equations. The question we address in this paper concerns the local isometric immersion of pseudo-spherical surfaces in E3 from the perspective of the differential equations that give rise to the metrics. Indeed, a classical theorem in the differential geometry of surfaces states that any pseudo-spherical surface can be locally isometrically immersed in E3. In the case of the sine-Gordon equation, one can derive an expression for the second fundamental form of the immersion that depends only on a jet of finite order of the solution of the pde. A natural question is to know if this remarkable property extends to equations other than the sine-Gordon equation within the class of differential equations describing pseudospherical surfaces. In an earlier paper (Kahouadji et al., Second-order equations and local isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces, 25 pp. [arXiv:1308.6545], to appear in Comm. Analysis and Geometry (2015), we have shown that this property fails to hold for all other second order equations, except for those belonging to a very special class of evolution equations. In the present paper, we consider a class of evolution equations for u(x,t) of order k ≥ 3 describing pseudo-spherical surfaces. We show that whenever an isometric immersion in E3 exists, depending on a jet of finite order of u, then the coefficients of the second fundamental form are universal, that is they are functions of the independent variables x and t only.
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Kahouadji N, Kamran N, Tenenblat K. Local isometric immersions of pseudo-spherical surfaces and evolution equations. In Hamiltonian Partial Differential Equations and Applications. Vol. 75. Springer New York. 2015. p. 369-381 doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2950-4_13


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Local Sikhs Hold Vigil for Slain Texas Police Officer
The slaying of a trailblazing Houston area deputy sheriff last week has prompted renewed calls of tolerance and justice from the Fresno Sikh community.
Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal was fatally shot Friday while conducting a daytime traffic stop. He was among the first police officers in the country to wear a traditional Sikh turban while on duty.
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Harris County (Texas) Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal was slain on Friday. He was the first Sikh deputy on the force. (Harris County Sheriff's Office via AP)
"Ambush-Style" Slaying
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales described the shooting of Dhaliwal as an "ambush-style" attack.
The killing of the trailblazing deputy prompted a candlelight vigil Tuesday night in front of the Fresno Police Officers Memorial in Courthouse Park.
"On behalf of the Fresno community, we want to let Deputy Dhaliwal's family know that we are here for them and we have them in our thoughts and prayers," said vigil participant Gurjant Singh.
Sikhs Have Been Targeted Based on Appearance
While the alleged killer is in custody, the motive for the shooting remains under investigation. But local attorney and Sikh leader Raj Sungu says Sikhs are often at great risk for harm because of their appearance.
"We feel that we are a target because the Sikhs are the ones who wear the turbans. We're the only ones that wear the garb that sets us apart and it are easy to spot," he said.
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The local response, Sungu said, sends an important message, "that these type of things will not be tolerated and that the community will stand up together and we're not going to back down."
Retiring Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer took part in the vigil, along with other department representatives, local political leaders, and nearly 100 community members.
"An attack against a police officer, no matter where it is in the United States, is an attack against all police officers," Dyer said. "And in this case, an attack against a Sikh police officer is an attack against all Sikhs across the United States, and truly this world."
Deputhy Dhaliwal was Honoring His Faith
In choosing to serve as a police officer, Sungu says Deputy Dhaliwal was living the tenets of his faith. Sikhs, he says, give their vow to serve and protect others and stand up for injustice.
"The purpose of these types of vigils — and especially for the younger generations — is to show that you shouldn't run away from what your oath is and what's your commitment to yourself and the community is," Sungu said
"You've got to stand up for justice. And we'll continue to do that."
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Opioid Crisis Complicates GOP's Health Care Push
Senate Republicans face another hurdle
As if Senate GOP leaders need more problems in attempting to dismantle the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the nation's worsening opioid crisis threatens to throw another monkey wrench into their plans. An article in the Wall Street Journal reports that key GOP senators are hesitating to support a bill that could threaten addiction treatment for millions of Americans.
Several provisions of the PPACA allowed people seeking substance-abuse treatment to gain coverage, including an expansion of the Medicaid health program for the poor. But the House bill repealing the PPACA, passed in May, aimed to roll back that Medicaid expansion beginning in 2020 and to allow insurance companies to charge some people with drug addictions higher premiums or deny them substance-abuse coverage altogether.
Concerns about those provisions cut into Republican support for the replacement measure in the House. Of the 20 Republicans who voted against the House bill, 16 represented states that saw significant increases in drug-overdose death rates in recent years.
Two of those lawmakers hailed from Ohio, which, through that state's PPACA expansion, has enrolled more than 500,000 new Medicaid recipients with behavioral-health needs, including those with drug addiction and different mental-health disorders.
Now, the same concerns are emerging as a sticking point as the Senate takes up the House bill and considers how to revise it.
Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said in an interview that there is growing worry among fellow GOP senators that rolling back Medicaid expansion without offering other affordable options would have an outsize effect on people seeking addiction treatment, who access medications and other treatments through their insurance.
Tension between the administration and Congress on the opioid issue was on display when Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Dr. Tom Price testified before the Senate Finance Committee on June 8.
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) questioned whether HHS is allocating enough money under Medicaid to fight the opioid-abuse epidemic. Seventy percent of the $939 million that Ohio spent on opioid treatment in 2016 came from federal Medicaid dollars, he said.
"You would never propose we fight cancer with a $50 million increase to a grant program," Brown said. "How does this possibly work if you're going to cut the biggest revenue stream to treat people?"
Price pushed back, pointing out that more than 52,000 Americans died of overdose deaths in 2015. "We continue to tolerate a system that allows for overdose deaths, and I simply won't allow it," Price said.
Source: Wall Street Journal (subscription required); June 11, 2017.
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Is Lenovo ThinkCentre M73, M93p, and M83 Good For Gaming in 2022?
By Chavy Levi | Updated March 17, 2022
Lenovo ThinkCentre M73, M93p, and M83 are still great 1080p gaming machines in 2022. Upgrade them with a CPU, and GPU and they will run games at 1080p with 60+ FPS easily. If you like first person shooters like Fortnite, Overwatch, CS:GO, and DOTA2 and have a limited budget, or you just like hardware tinkering, then this build is for you.
Buying and upgrading a refurbished ThinkCentre M73, M83, or M93p is a simple way to build a budget gaming PC. Basically, you take a tower version of any of these three models and then you install a GPU.
That's it. Now you have a perfectly viable 1080p gaming machine. Yes there are some special cases to this approach. But we have a helpful article explaining how to upgrade ThinkCentre M73, M93p, and M83 GPU.
You can assemble similar gaming build by yourself or find one pre-made on eBay or Amazon. It is an easy DIY project and does not require many technical skills.
There is not a substantial difference between the three models when it comes to gaming. The M73 comes with the i5-4690, whereas the M83 and M93p include Core i7-4770 or Core i7-4790.
Is it good for 1080p gaming
When it comes to gaming, this configuration shines at 1080p 60fps. Considering the price to performance ratio, RX580, GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1650, and GTX 1060 6GB make the most sense. This setup works perfectly even with games released in the last couple of years.
Is it good for 1440p and 4K gaming?
The same setup will also work with higher resolutions – i5 with GTX 1650. However, if you want the best performance, use the Intel Core i7-4790 with GTX 1080 or RTX 2060. With this CPU, the GTX 1080 will be fully utilized, and the bottleneck caused by using it with the weaker i5 will be eliminated.
Is the small form factor of M73, M83, and M93p a good option for gaming?
The SFF variant of ThinkCentre M73, M83, and M93p series will work for gaming but you will be limited only to a low-profile GPU. These GPU models are less powerful and slower than their full size counterparts. The most popular display adapters for the small form factor is the GeForce GTX 1650 Low Profile.
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There's an Adorable Fairy Village in New Jersey—and the Story Behind It Is Even More Precious
Liz VaccarielloUpdated: Dec. 23, 2016
Inspired by her autistic son and his love of the outdoors, this special ed teacher created a magical village in the woods near her home.
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There's a place near my home where fairies live.
I've seen their wooden houses, knocked on their tiny doors, marveled at their itty-bitty bedrooms. It's a neighborhood, really, a magical trail in our local nature reserve where several dozen structures are tucked into nooks, crannies, and tree hollows all along the one-mile loop.
It's a place where acorns are pillows, fungus becomes decorative siding, and a log might hide a miniature dining room. On a Sunday afternoon, you can hear children squeal, "I found another one!" And if the animals or the elements—or vandals—harm a dwelling, someone will mysteriously take it home, replace some hinges or string, and return it.
That mysterious someone is Therese Ojibway, 60, a special education teacher from Millburn, New Jersey, who started transforming this area of the South Mountain Reservation five years ago. The fourth of 11 children, Therese climbed trees and built fairy landscapes from moss with her sisters in their hometown of Lansing, Michigan. Her mother gave them all the gift of imagination. "I remember deciding that hollyhocks could make good wheels for fairy carts," Therese says.
She graduated from Dartmouth, married, and started what she hoped would be a big family. When her first child, Clinton, received an autism diagnosis at age two, she decided to devote herself to him. One part of her plan was to balance his hours of early intervention therapy with time outdoors. "The woods were a place I didn't have to worry about him," Therese says. "I could follow his lead."
Clinton stopped often to look inside hollow logs, touch moss, and pick up rocks and leaves. He forced Therese to slow down, and as she did, the embers of her childhood imagination began to glow. She'd admire a fungus fan and imagine it as a camelback couch. A piece of bark with a hole? The perfect door with a window!
They enjoyed the magic of the outdoors for years, but it wasn't until Clinton was in his 20s that Therese started to tuck things from the woods into her pockets. Her marriage was strained. When things got tense at home, Therese built benches, beds, swings, and ladders. Then she planted them in the woods.
As the homes appeared, the fairies moved in and word spread. Children left gifts of pinecones, seashells, and hematite and other sparkly rocks.
In this world, too, the trolls caused trouble. On a walk one Sunday, Therese stood over a pile of sticks that used to be a fairy gazebo. She scooped the remnants into her arms and trudged on. She learned long ago to push past life's disappointments.
Years ago, Therese spent several weekends on her most elaborate fairy house. Its two stories featured a moss-covered roof, a fireplace, even an inside staircase. Her husband was annoyed: "You're putting all this work into it, and they're just gonna ruin it."
A few weeks later, the house disappeared. With the tenacity and patience of someone who spends her life working with autistic children—who has devoted 25 years to helping her son be his best self—Therese's reaction was wonderfully zen. "The fun is putting it out there," she says. "Sharing the magic."
See more photos of Therese Ojibway's handiwork here.
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Posted by1sceneatatime January 10, 2020 January 10, 2020 Posted inTop 10 ListsTags:2020 Anticipated, A Quiet Place, Christopher Nolan, Disney, Fast and Furious, James Bond, Marvel Studios, Movies, Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise
2020 is now a full week in. The confetti and streamers have been cleaned up and we've all gotten adjusted to the new year and a new decade. The year where our patience finally pays off has arrived. The movies offered in 2020 have been some that we've waited to land on the movie screen for some time. Long awaited follow-ups to Bad Boys and Coming to America arrive while the Wyld Stallyns reunite in Bill & Ted Face the Music. It's not all sequels and reboots though, we're getting a new musical with Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights coming to the big screen, courtesy of Crazy Rich Asians' director Jon M. Chu. There's a new slew of thrillers, horror films, colorful animated treats, action-adventures, and more. It's never too early to get excited about movies so start marking these titles on your calendar.
10. A Quiet Place Part II – March 20, 2020
Director John Krasinski's directorial debut was a surprise hit in 2018 and returns to helm this sequel, which he also wrote, starring his real-life wife Emily Blunt, as it follows up with the Abbott family after the events of the first film. From the first trailer, it looks like we might get a flashback to the beginning of the… invasion? Whatever it's called, it looks like Krasinski has turned up the tension, and audiences should be in for another thrill ride.
9. Top Gun: Maverick – June 26, 2020
Goodness gracious, Great balls of fire, we're getting a Top Gun sequel! After 31 years, Tom Cruise looks to race across the sky once again. Not a whole lot is known about the movie, except that a slew of the most in-demand young actors have been recruited – including Miles Teller, who will play Goose's son – and that Val Kilmer will also be returning as Iceman. As the trailer promises, we'll see shirtless volleyball, Tom Cruise on motorcycles, and flying jets to show this new crop of pilots what aviation is all about. It's been a while since I've felt this need in theaters… the need for speed!
8. Mulan – March 27, 2020
I wasn't a big fan of Disney's live-action remake of Aladdin and didn't hear good reviews of The Lion King, but I knew the trend will continue as Disney presents the live-action remake of Mulan. Directed by Niki Caro of Whale Rider and North Country fame. Featuring Chinese star Liu Yifei as the titular character and joined alongside other Chinese legends like Donnie Yen, Gong Li, and Jet Li, this movie is poised to bring honor to the legacy of its animated counterpart and Chinese tradition. I don't think the lack of music and Mushu will stop this film from conquering the global box office and – if it taps into the animated original's magic like Beauty and the Beast – our hearts.
7. Fast & Furious 9 – May 22, 2020
Not much is known about this next entry into the Fast and Furious franchise while we catch up with the Toretto crime/adventure/ant-terrorism/vigilante family once again. Director Justin Lin, credited as the man who helped turn the franchise around with 2011's Fast Five returns to the director's chair and will most likely go full-throttle like always. The movies might not be perfect, but that we're in for a damn good ride!
6. No Time To Die – April 8, 2020
True Detective director Cary Fukunaga takes the reins for 25th James Bond film, with Daniel Craig returning to lead the way for his fifth and (possibly) final go as 007. Joined by series regulars Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, and Ben Whishaw, as well as returning characters played by Lea Seydoux, Jefferey Wright, and Christoph Waltz. Recent Best Actor-winner Rami Malek is reported to play the villain, while Captain Marvel's Lashana Lynch will play a newer model of 007; one who doesn't seem willing to relinquish the famous code number back to Bond when he's called out of retirement.
5. Black Widow – May 1, 2020
After the success and closing of Phase three, Marvel Studios kicks off its Phase 4 with this prequel focusing on Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff. Besides taking place after the events of Civil War, we don't know what the story surrounding the character will be, but she will be joined by David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, and rising star Florence Pugh. And who knows? Maybe we'll see other Avengers like Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye… or Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark.
4. Wonder Woman 1984 – June 5, 2020
Gal Gadot finally returns to her Amazon-princess role that hails as one of the best superhero films of all time. Bridemaids' Kristen Wiig climbs aboard as villain Cheetah with the action is set during the Cold War in the '80s. One huge surprise is Wonder Woman's love interest, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), brought back after his apparent death in the first film. This movie might or might not outdo the original, but I'm looking forward to finding out.
3. Tenet – July 17, 2020
We've known for a while that Christopher Nolan's next film would be called Tenet, and we knew who was on board to star in it. Outside of that, we knew little else about the film. While the first trailer that dropped in mid-December was cryptic enough that we still kind of don't know what's going on, we do know that John David Washington will play some sort of agent who is able to experience time both forwards and backwards. Nolan looks to blow audiences minds again this summer.
2. Soul – June 19, 2020
One of two Pixar offerings this year features Jamie Foxx as a jazz-loving middle school teacher whose soul is separated from his body during an accident and transported to a training center in which souls develop and gain passions before preparing to enter the bodies of newborn babies. There, he meets a soul in training (voiced by Tina Fey), who has been trapped in the center for years.
1. West Side Story – December 18, 2020
While we probably won't see a trailer until later this year, this Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of the Broadway musical looks to be boasting a young cast with Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars) and Rachel Zegler in the leads as Tony and Maria, respectively, as they navigate street rivalries and young love in 1950s New York.
It's tough to narrow down a whole year of movies I'm pumped for down to ten. Some honorable mentions include: Halloween Kills, Dune, Marvel's Eternals, Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot's return in Death on the Nile, Dwayne Johnson's riverboat adventure Disney's Jungle Cruise.
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